Anadara similis

(C.B.Adams, 1852) · species

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Animalia/Mollusca/Bivalvia/Arcida/Arcidae/Anadara

At a glance

Occurrence records2 094

Data sources5

Biological traits2

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

Databases and archives Anadara similis's data was compiled from.

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 124 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System970 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources2 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS2 094 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

01Narrative

Anadara similis is een tweekleppigensoort uit de familie van de Arcidae. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1852 door C.B. Adams.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonebenthic

05DNA & barcoding1 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Anadara similis has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

BINs1

Marker genes1

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★COI-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type2 094 records

Wild obs. + sensor1 930

Museum / vouchered164

Origin

Native514

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO312 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit442

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 0.1 m · max 0.1 m · 442 records with depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 1

1 georeferenced · 1 929 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor1 930

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy38% within 1 km

≤100 m 4≤1 km 8≤10 km 18>10 km 2

32 georeferenced · 132 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence164

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions3 of 14 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record	109
Cambridge, US	6
UM-RSMASlocation not on record	6
CASlocation not on record	5
Philadelphia, US	5
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record	5
Universidad Tecnológica del Chocó (UTCH)location not on record	3
Universidad del Valle de Guatemalalocation not on record	2
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	2
Sistema de Colecciones Biológicas, Escuela de Biología, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala location not on record	2
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record	2
Denver, US	1
Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Unidad Académica Mazatlán, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Méxicolocation not on record	1
Natural History Museum of Utahlocation not on record	1

14 institutions · 150 of 164 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code

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Anadara similis

At a glance

Sources5 archives

Habitat & environment2

At a glance

Record type2 094 records

Origin

Range

Depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions3 of 14 geolocated

Record type2 094 records